Township called to assist ELO crew on garage fire

Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert

Staff Writer

jgilbert@mojonews.com

Morning Journal/Jo Ann Bobby-Gilbert
The interior of this garage on Riverview Street in East Liverpool sustained considerable damage Saturday night from a fire that also damaged the detached home. The cause is not yet known.

EAST LIVERPOOL — With much of its third alarm crew already out on a hazardous material incident Saturday night, city firefighters responding to a garage fire were assisted by Liverpool Township firefighters.

The hazmat unit had been dispatched to a truck crash just before 7 p.m. on state Route 11 involving the leakage of diesel fuel into a creek, leaving three firefighters on duty at Central Station, according to assistant Chief David Edgell.

When the alarm sounded at 9:33 p.m. for a structure fire at 1208 Riverview Street, Edgell said, “We could see smoke clear from Bradshaw Avenue. We called Liverpool Township Fire Department, and we thank them for coming so quickly.”

Firefighters arrived to find flames licking out the rear door of a detached garage, already melting the siding on the nearby house, owned by Anthony Ross. The occupant, Lee Tilton, was not home at the time of the fire.\

The blaze was quickly contained to the garage, causing no damage to the interior of the house. Edgell said there were no vehicles inside the garage.

A firefighter twisted his ankle while battling the blaze but did not require medical treatment, Edgell reported.